etc/modprobe.devfs not beeing automatically generated in Sabayon 3.3


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    etc/modprobe.devfs not being automatically generated in Sabayon 3.3

    I seem to be having a problem. During the boot process I get the following error.

    etc/modprobe.devfs has not been automatically generated. use modules-update force.

    Once the computer is up and running I can issue that command and it returns:

    ocalhost gallienus # modules-update force
    * Warning: the current /etc/modprobe.devfs has not been automatically
    * generated
    * --force specified, (re)generating file anyway
    * Updating /etc/modules.conf ... [ ok ]
    * Updating /etc/modprobe.conf ... [ ok ]
    * Updating modules.dep ... [ ok ]
    localhost gallienus #

    When I reboot I get the same error. I think this is related to another problem I'm having. During the boot process it reports that my file system isn't clean.
    I've used SystemRescue CD a few times to fix this with the following commands

    reiserfsck --check /dev/sda1 and then reiserfsck --fix-fixable /dev/sda1

    When I reboot to Sabayon after using reiserfsck it reports that the file system is clean. But when I reboot the computer after using it for a while it reports that the file system is not clean again.

    I don't think I had this problem before resizing my / partition which is on sda1. Does anyone have any suggestions?
    Last edited by Gallienus; 06-13-2007 at 11:14 PM.
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    I'm not 100% sure but I think you should check the "no-old-linux" USE flag for module-init-tools. Whatever it is set to, reverse it and see what happens...
    If that doesn't do it, I guess it's a partition problem or that file has been corrupted.
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    Think reiserfsck --rebuild-sb would work? And would that trash that partition?

    ---edited----

    Alright just uninstalled that package and reinstalled it with +no-old-linux, I think. I did it with Kuroo not sure if the change in use flag took
    Last edited by Gallienus; 06-14-2007 at 01:14 AM.
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    Sabayon 3.4E
    kernel 2.6.22
    KDE 3.5 with Beryl
    X.org 7.2
    Asus M2N-SLIDelux
    2 Gig Ram
    hda 60 gig WD Hard Drive
    sda 320gig WD Hard Drive
    sdb 80gig WD Hard drive
    ASUS EN7600GS Silent
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    Well I tried to uninstall and reinstall module-init-tools with the USE flag -no-old-linux and no-old-linux. When that didn't work I used reiserfsck and used --check --fix-fixable --rebuild-sb and lastly --rebuild-tree.

    I still got the same error about etc/modprobe.devfs not being regenerated automatically. And I still get the file system is not clean message on each reboot.

    Do you think I'll need to just nuke the /dev/sda1 root partition and reinstall sabayon?
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    Sabayon 3.4E
    kernel 2.6.22
    KDE 3.5 with Beryl
    X.org 7.2
    Asus M2N-SLIDelux
    2 Gig Ram
    hda 60 gig WD Hard Drive
    sda 320gig WD Hard Drive
    sdb 80gig WD Hard drive
    ASUS EN7600GS Silent
    member of the justlinux folding@home time

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